In a message dated 12/2/2004 6:26:04 AM Central Standard Time, gfoley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: I have a strong impression that aside from Lufthansa's A340 services, there are relatively few Airbus's used over the North Atlantic. I can't think of any A300 or A310 operations, and the only two engine Airbuses I recall are Canadian A330's. If I'm right, any ideas why? Please don't say they're unsafe. US flies a ton of A330-300 services over the atlantic, the plane is their flagship. NW is aggressively replacing DC-10 service to Europe with A333s as well. AF flies A340's to certain lower yielding NA routes, as well as to the Carribean. TN flies A340s on LAX-CDG, All of Air Lingus' flights over the pond are A330s, as are BMI's. IB is also moving to a significant number of A343 and A346 ops. I prefer Boeing, but Airbus does have a fare share of the trans-atlantic market